I am looking at getting a new machine, and either opting for Windows 7 which I know very well, and everything I use works on it.

Or... paying about £30 more and getting it with Windows 8 which I am told runs way faster. But does XAMPP run ok on it? I would think it does or it would kill all developers on PHP (well most) ability to operate locally.

Any thoughts on this would be useful.

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Also, what is the app you can buy for about £5, that converts the "front screen" to be line Windows 7?I must have it operating (or at least the ability to switch to it) at Win 7, so I can click between multiple apps. I'm sure it's possibly in Win 8, but for now I *must* have that ability.

Thanks.

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There is no start menu in Win8. It's the start screen. Hit the Windows key on your keyboard to bring it up. It's not a menu but it's still the same basic thing: a bunch of shortcuts all presented together that you can click to launch applications.

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